Garment hanger



Mar. 13, 1923.

W. A. McGlNNlS.

GARMENT HANGER.

FILED MAY I9, 1921.

Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

ILLIAM A. ivrcernivis, on DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT Y HANGER.

- Application filed May 19, 1921. Serial, 170.470,?86.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NrLLIA A. MGGIN- Ms, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Detroit, in'the county of lVayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GarmentHangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadpresent a neat and attractive appearance 1 and be comparatively light inweight. the metal entering into the construction of the v hangerpermitting, of rounded smooth-surfaces being imparted to the movablemembers of the hanger so that garment suspended from the foldable memberwill not be torn or injured.

A further object of my invention is to provide novel pivotal connectionsfor foldable hanger members, said pivotal connections permitting of theends of the foldable members being readily shaped so that a rivet, pivotpin or the like may be easily installed to articulate the movablemembers.

The above and other objects may be attained by the construction shown inthe drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of the metallicgarment hanger, partly broken away and partly in section;

F ig. 2 is a plan of the garment hanger;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line III-J11 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line IV-IV ofFig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the garment hanger partlyfolded;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of garment hanger;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the garment hanger shown inFig. 6, with the 'oldable members collapsed;

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a pivotal 3 connection that maybeestablished between foldable members; v

Fig. 9 is a' perspective view of one of'the members shownin'Figs;

the line X X of Fig. 6, and n Fig. ll is a-eross:'sectional view taken"on the line XL-XI of Fig. 1 a

Considering Figs. 1 to 51inclusive and F ig." 10 is across sectionalView taken on Fig. 11, the garment hanger comprises sheet,

metal inverted channel shaped members l and 2 having outer rounded andclosed ends The member 9. is of greater length, than the member 1 sothat the 'inner end'of the member 2 may overlie the inner end of themember 1, and the inner end of thememlber' walls will be flush withthewallsfof the 2 isrounded and closed, as at 4 so that its I of thegarment hanger when in' an"extended operative position.

The side walls of the memberadiacent the inner end thereof, are providedwith inset parallel apertured lugs 5 and the' side walls ofthe member lare adapted toext'end 1 on to the lugs '5 sothat theside walls of't'hemember 1 may be connected to the lugs'5by a transverse rivet or pin 6,as best shown in Fig. 8. member 2 may be apertured, as at 7 to One orboth of the walls of the receive the inner end of a hook Sfby which thegarment hanger may be suspended from a suitable support.

Pivotally mounted in the outer inclosed ends of the members 1 and 2 bytransversely disposed rivets or pins 9, are the outer ends of invertedchannel shaped spreader arms 10 and 11, the spreader arm 10 havlng itsinner end offset and extending to the inner end of the spreader arm 11,so that said arms maybe pivotally connected by a transverse rivet or pin12. The inner ends of the spreader arms 10 and 11 have pressed outmatched interengaging portions 13 which will hold the spreader arms 10and 11 in longitudinal alinement and prevent accidental collapse of saidspreader arms when the members 1' and 2 are extended. 1

With the members land 2 ho1lo wthe spreader arms 10 and 11 can recedeinto said a members and be enclosed thereby when said members are foldedinto parallelism, at which time the hook 8 may be swung on to saidmembers so that the garment hanger.

can be conveniently packed in a valise. I-

Had

attach considerable importance to this simple form of hanger as theparts thereof can be readily stamped from sheet metal and bent to form.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 10a more expensive construction is disclosed whereinthe foldable members 14 and 15 have the same type of spreader arms, butthe pivotal connections betweeen the members 14; and 15 is some whatmore elaborate. In the first place, the inner end of the member 14; isenlarged so as to form a head 16 when contacting with the inner end ofthe member 15, and the ends of said members are inturned so as toprovide end walls 17 and 18 which will abut when the members 14 and 15are extended. As shown in Fig. 7, the side walls of the short member 15are bentinwardly and then outwardly to afford parallel apertured lugs 19and extending bet-ween said lugs are the inwardly bent contactingapertured lugs 20 of the head 16, the lugs 19 and 20 being pivotallyconnected by a rivet 21 or somewhat similar pivotal means.

Instead of the short member 15 being provided with the apertured lugs19, said member may have its end wall inbent to provide a centraltransverse trough or member 22 into which the lugs 20 of the head 16 mayeX- tend and be held by a transverse rivet 23. This pivotal connectionis shown in Fig. 8 and in some instances the corners of the short member15 may be cut away, as at 24, so that a short rivet may be employed forretaining the lugs 20 within the trough 22.

With suitable dies and formers the various pieces of the garment hangercan be easily produced, dipped or otherwise finished to present a neatappearance, and then assembled as an article that may be advantageouslyused by travelers and those reuiring a foldable garment hanger.

What I claim is 1. A garment hanger comprising a long: hollow member, ashorthollow member, said long member having inturned walls provid ing anend wall and outstanding apertured contacting lugs, said short hollowmember having inturned wallsproviding end walls, one disposed at anangle to the other, one of said angular end walls adapted to abut theend wall of the long member, outstanding apertured parallel lugs carriedby the other angular end wall of said short member and between whichparallel lugs extend the lugs of the long member, means pivotallyconnecting the lugs together, spreader arms connecting the outer ends ofsaid members and adapted to be enclosed by said members, and a hookcarried by one of said members.

2. A garment hanger as called for in claim 1, wherein the parallelapertured lugs of the short member have straight edges in the plane ofthe angular end wall of the short member and straight edges in the planeof the longitudinal straight edges of said short member.

WILLIAM A. MCGINNIS.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. DORR, KARL H. BUTLER.

